he got a call saying he is going to carnegie hall. he called his dad to say you've got to see me at carnegie hall. his dad was a tight attorney. he never took off work. he said i'm taking tleeg days off, one day to get there, one day to see the show, one day to get back. he says it's a black tie event. i want to pick you up at your hotel, walk you to carnegie hall. hugh said you can do that. knock, knock, and there is his father wearing the black tie. he said i told you it's not black tie. he said my son is performing at carnegie hall. i am wearing black tie. you were laughing and crying and singing. >> he could have had a self-indulgent show. he deserves it. he's the cover of sexiest man alive on "people." it was so self-deprecating and so with a wink. it was the absolute perfect, perfect tone. i always thought he's the nicest guy in this business. now i really do think he is the nicest guy on the planet, too. he is beloved by everybody he works with. he treats everyone with so much respect. >> we went backstage. there is a special r

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without pain, and she faced more than her share of challenges before a show-stopping concert at carnegie hall catapulted her back into the spotlight. barbara's greatest strength has always been her ability to put her own feelings and experiences into her songs. as she says, "if i sing about emotion, and you say, yes, i've felt that, too, then it brings us together, even if it's just for a little while." these days, barbara has been through enough to sing just about anything. so now she teaches up-and- coming singers to do the same. the lesson always starts with "be yourself," a piece of advice that she has always taken to heart. maybe that's what has kept her so young. and barbara says that some days she feels like she is 30, and tonight you look like you're 30. [laughter] some days she feels like she's 12, although her knee apparently does not agree. [laughter] all we know is that we've never heard a voice like hers, so tonight we barbara -- honor barbara cook. [applause] neil diamond's songwriting career began like so many others -- he was trying to impress a girl. [laughter] the difference

usually when i do the clubs or in my case the sold out show at carnegie hall, maybe somebody with a puppet or a harmonica. dr. kissinger, he laid them out. he killed as we say in comedy. >> women over the years have told me that henry kissinger is an unlikely sex symbol? >> are you hanging out with jill st. john? nobody in my demographic knows what you're talking about. >> would you find him sexy through his voice, the brain. >> the voice alone. my pants fell off during the commercial break. that's how much that voice gets to me if you like the sound of a vibrator losing its batteries. >> can you see henry kissinger, to be serious, actually a movie sound guy, coming after the break, lord of the rings. >> like the old moviefone guy? i think there's a career in voice-over for him. i'm always thinking outside of the box, but that's me. i'm the idea man. >> i want people to take part in this what will be an embarrassing virago between you and i. if you have any tweets that could embarrass my guest tonight, send them t to @piersmorgan right now and i promise you the more offensive they are, the

. >> the symphony will continue with special concerts and even an appearance at carnegie hall. pretty cool. >> sounds wonderful. doesn't it? world news is up next. i'm carolyn johnson. >> and i'm dan ashley. from all of us here, thanks for watching. we appreciate youre

the venue is carnegie hall in new york, a dream venue for musicians along the world. the concert started with the national anthem of both countries. this is the piece the orchestra members felt most strongly about. the orchestra performed the piece as a requiem expressing both countries to get beyond the terrible experience of war. [ applause ] >> as an american, i am proud that i had the privilege of witnessing and seeing this historic event. >> americans and vietnamese were both moved by our playing. i believe they understood our feelings. we seem to be acting as a bridge between the two nations. ♪ >> reporter: 36 years after the vietnam war ended, the vietnamese orchestra is deep in the hearts of the american audience. nhk world, hanoi. >>> rachel ferguson is up next with weather. >> hi, there. well, it's been a fine start to the week across much of japan. things are set to change as we head into tuesday. we start to see another system developing down here towards the south. this one is going to be spreading some cold rain across much of the southern half of the co

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he has played at notable vilnius such as the -- notable venues such as montrose and carnegie hall. >> i would like to start by saying that in the last 15 or 20 years of my research, one thing i found most surprising as a musician myself in exploring music and the brain is how -- discovering where it is that music is. i always imagined as a player that the music was in my fingers. now i know is in the brain. it is a neuro-representation of the figures. music is in every part of the brain that we have mapped. there is no part of the brain that does not have something to do with music. i found that very surprising. i wondered if you find that surprising as a player and what your own intuitions were coming into it. >> i think my intuition is that music is something that gets received in some sense or another, like radio, like something you pick up. it is a vibration. when i have written my own music for the guitar, a lot of times it is the result of having experienced something and having to absorb it like you might absorb a vibration or light our experience something rhythmic like walkin

he has played at notable vilnius such as the -- notable venues such as montrose and carnegie hall. >>ould like to start by saying that in the last 15 or 20 years of my research, one thing i found most surprising as a musician myself in exploring musician myself in exploring music and the brain is how --

doug jimmerson he sung at carnegie hall. sing along and you can join in. you have to be a part of it. one song called, one horse open sleigh, we call it today as jingle bells. we also have activities for the kids too. in the orangery, we have period crafts. they can make something and take it back home for their grandparents or aunts and uncles. it's really neat. we also have robert smith, he's going to portray and african- american cook. it's not about how rich people celebrated yuletide, we want to tell the whole story. near the mansion, we have the former over seer house. robert smith will talk about you think you have a lot to do to prepare for the yuletide season, imagine cooking for like 50 people. he'll talk about the period recipes and what it was like. that's free as well. you can come down here and tour the mansion and listen to robert smith, hear the carols and do the crafts. >> reporter: it is on hamilton lane right near the mall. coming up in about 20 minutes, we will talk about the mansion itself. i have to admit, that i woke up a little bit

he amounsed two concerts there at carnegie hall, the first time ever a hip-hop artist will headline theres scholarship foundation. we talked to him about the importance of education, why he's giving these kids scholarships. can you see that on cnn money. but when the conversation got pretty interesting is when we talk about taxes and this debate on main street and in congress over whether the rich should pay more. here's his take. >> me personally, i wouldn't mind paying more taxes if it went to the things that really mattered. if it went to education, people in poverty, you know, if it went to the right things. you know? i wouldn't mind. i think it should be more -- it should be clearly defined, you know, clearly defined where all the money is being allocated. because you can understand paying so much for taxes and then things not improving, you're like where's everything going to? like where's -- should be open accounting of where everything is going to. i'm sure if it was for health care and for education and, you know, to help people that were -- you know, i think most people with a c

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symphony continue celebrating through next summer with special concert festival and appearance at carnegie halln that war was. >> experience is her and sound of the wind leaving the bay area is music to our ears. >> that's true. strong winds continue to blow over much of the bay area. wind advisory m effect until 10:00 o'clock tomorrow morning for much of the bay area. north bay east bay hills, diablo range. peninsula coast. gust could reach 50 miles per hour during the overnight appeared. ridge and canyon but taper off tomorrow. winds will. state wide sunny dry tomorrow. mainly mild conditions hear in the bay area certainly mailed day winds get calmer temperatures in the upper 60's. so low 70's parts of the north bay tomorrow. high of 70 at nap a.clover dale 71. santa rosa at 70 down at santa cruz. accu-weather 7 day forecast. dry pattern remains with us for several days but the mild weather tapers off to more seasonal leadings. by late next week we see high pressure l coast bay inland only in the 50's. so fell like december. >> thanks spencer very much. >> moving on. this edition of jock in j

. >> the city college choir has traveled to france, italy and spain, and has also performed at carnegie hall if they need an extra bass. >> jump on the bandwagon. >> there you go. >>> still to come. heroic actions caught on tape. see how a group of strangers save a little girl, trapped under a car. >>> disturbing merchandise. how one vendor secretly sold poison to one customer at a california flea market. >>> bob turk here in the first warning weather center. more of this mild air headed our way. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. >>> first, here's our report from wall street. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ >>> as long as it stays clear tonight

in the past they have performed, france, italy and new york's carnegie hall, of course ron matz is a proud alum. >> he is. give them a round of applause, when they are able to walk into america's house all decorated up and song. that is cool. >> i like the idea. >> still trying to wrap my head around a corporate tatoo. what are you going to do put like amtrak on your arm or -- curly neal sitting over here one of america's great professional athletes could you imagine? >> underarm or on your neck -- >> -- okay, all right. that just tells you the minutea on which they were working on the contract. one of the real big issues, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, but on page 18 no corporate tatoos, if you were a right-handed batter you could put it right there. >> sure. not now. >> if you don't mark yourself for life, you better really be worth it. look, because i am kind of into body art, i am not going to lie. we discussed this on the show. i have got like 5 at that times but, man, 0 man, you know, you -- those don't-they do not go away. they are there forever. >> and none of them are corporate to my

>> coming up next, jay-z, a historic concert at carnegie hall. to have a solo concert there. it will benefit charity, and that's part of the reason the tickets are between $500 and $2500. a charity concert february 6th and 7th. i'm guessing beyonce is not done february 6th or 7th, because that's when the concert is. >>> what do you see at the movies this weekend? the big talker is "new year's eve." part of the reason is basic every celebrity under the sun stars in this movie. just some of them real quick. zac efron, michelle pfeiffer, bon jovi. if the rule of thumb is more celebrities make the move he vee, this should be a fantastic movie. >> i'm going to see that movie. it's so cute. >> a fun holidayesque movie. >> "the sitter." >> i just saw "the descendants." fantastic movie. i'm not saying that because clooney's in it. >> of course that's why. let's go see "new year's eve," all of us together. be a fan of scoop on facebook. we'll be right back with an insane gut check on this friday. [ male announcer ] cranberry juice? wake up! ♪ that's good

. >> they have traveled to france, italy and spain and performed at carnegie hall.oday, members of renowned maryland choir are making a much shorter trip but it may be even more prestigious. the baltimore city college choir will sing at the white house! reporter ron matt reviews their trip. >> reporter: some members of the baltimore city college choir are going to the white house for two performances. >> the chance to even be in the building with the president is absolutely mind-blowing and i'm really excited to do it. >> it is so much i'm thinking about. mainly, the fact that we're performing at the white house. >> reporter: choir members are excited. and director linda hall is bursting with pride. >> the choir members have been working very hard in the last few months in preparation for not just the holiday season but in preparation for performances such as this. >> about 20 of the choir's 95 members will be able to make the trip. >> especially with barack obama being in office, i was just ecstatic about the situation. >> so, they'll leave the castle on the hill h

he's announced he'll headline two shows at carnegie hall, the first hip-hop show there. it's all about scholarships for kids to go to college, something he didn't do. when we sat down to talk about that, we then moved on to talk about politics and taxes. and i asked him, should rich people like yourself pay more in taxes, like obama's asking them to do. take a look. >> me personally, i wouldn't mind paying more taxes, if it went to the things that really mattered, if it went to education, people in poverty, and you know if it went to the right things. i wouldn't mind. i think it should be more -- it should be clearly defined, you know. clearly defined where all of the money is being allocated. because you can understand paying so much for taxes and then things not improving, you're, like, where is everything going to? that's why i'm saying -- >> so you get that argument. >> yes. >> so he's telling you it's okay, just wants to see where the money goes if he's paying that extra in taxes. >> right. >> you also asked him about occupy, the occupy movement. what did he say? >>

without pain and she faced more than her share of challenges before a show stopping concert at carnegie hallreatest strength has always been her ability to put her own feelings and experiences into her songs. and she says if i sing about emotion, and you say, yes, i felt that too, then it brings us together even if it is just for a little while. these days barbara has been through enough to sing just about anything. so now she teaches up and coming singers to do the same. the lesson always starts with be yourself, a piece of advice that she has always taken to heart. maybe that's what has kept her so young and barbara says some day she feels like she's 30 and tonight you look like you're 30. some days she feels like she's 12, though her knee apparently does not agree. all we know is we never heard a voice like hers, so tonight we honor barbara cook. [ applause ] now, neil diamond's song writing career began like so many others. he was trying to impress a girl. the difference was that it worked and he went on to marry the girl. as neil says, i should have realized then the potential power of

without pain and she faced more than her share of challenges before a show-stopping concert at carnegie hall75 catapulted her back into the spotlight. barbara's greatest strength has been her ability to put her feelings and experiences into her songs. and she says, if i sing about emotion and you say yes, i felt that too, then it brings us together even if it's just for a little while. these days barbara has been through enough to sing just about anything. so now she teaches up and coming singers to do the same. the lesson always starts with -- be yourself. a piece of advice that she's always taken to heart. maybe that's what's kept her so young. and barbara says that sometimes she feels like she's 30 and tonight you look like you're 30. some days she feels like she's 12, although her knee apparently does not agree. all we know is that we've never heard a voice like hers. so tonight we honor barbara cook. [applause] that's neil diamond's song writing career began like so many others, he was trying to impress a girl. the difference was it worked and he went on to marry the girl. as neil says,

without pain, and she faced more than her share of challenges before a show-stopping concert at carnegie hall75 catapulted her back into the spotlight. barbara's greatest strength has always been her ability to put her own feelings and experiences into her songs. as she says, "if i sing about emotion, and you say, yes, i've felt that, too, then it brings us together, even if it's just for a little while." these days, barbara has been through enough to sing just about anything. so now she teaches up-and- coming singers to do the same. the lesson always starts with "be yourself," a piece of advice that she has always taken to heart. maybe that's what has kept her so young. and barbara says that some days she feels like she is 30, and tonight you look like you're 30. [laughter] some days she feels like she's 12, although her knee apparently does not agree. [laughter] all we know is that we've never heard a voice like hers, so tonight we barbara -- honor barbara cook. [applause] neil diamond's songwriting career began like so many others -- he was trying to impress a girl. [laughter] the differen

they are now testing others like at carnegie hall and the plaza wh hotel to see if there are problemsternoon where the accident happened is old. there are 14 different elevators, and there are 14 violations about those elevators, none of the allegations are for hazardous conditions. the thing in new york city is you can repair an elevator without a license. it is arguably the elevator capitol of the world and you don't need a r-pbs to repair these things. you do need a license to be a plumber. 25 states require elevator repairmen to have licenses. new york is not one of them. places like iowa does. there are 18 billion people who take elevator rides every year and about 25 deaths, and so now new york city is actually looking at a bill to see if they should have their elevator repairmen licensed, but so far it has not got even out of the legislature. that may change now, ali, in the wake of this investigation. alison: it sounds like it. it makes sense. trace gallagher thank you for that update. a major conservative magazine painting a bleak picture of what a gingrich nomination would m

she had danced with a cup and performed in carnegie hall.eorgia with a train, a project taking six cars filled with art to rural communities across the country. gene was governor, and we invited betty to stay at the governor's mansion. i was nervous. she was the most distinguished guests we had ever had. that when she arrived, she was so warm and friendly, but she immediately put me at ease. we had a good time together. of course i didn't tell her then that my husband was thinking about running for president. [laughter] the next time i met betty was at the white house shortly after the 1976 election. it might've been a very awkward moment. i know from personal experience that it was a difficult time for her. yet she was just betty, as gracious as always. as i assume the responsibilities of first lady, i had an excellent role model. and a tough act to follow. betty broke new ground in speaking out on women's issues from her public disclosure of her own battle with breast cancer, lifted the veil of secrecy from this terrible disease. she used